Capote

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Both compelling and darkly disturbing, Capote is the incredible Oscar winning story behind In Cold Blood, a book that changed the course of American Literature. The highly acclaimed and award-winning Capote is available to buy and rent on DVD from 3rd July 2006, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

Directed by Bennett Miller and boasting an Academy Award-winning performance from Philip Seymour-Hoffman (Cold Mountain, Magnolia) in the title role, Capote also features Chris Cooper (Adaptation, The Bourne Identity), Clifton Collins Jr (Dirty, Mindhunters) and an Academy Award-nominated turn from Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich, The Ballad of Jack and Rose).

A brilliant and flamboyant character, Truman Capote sets out with friend and fellow writer Harper Lee (Keener) to investigate the story behind the brutal and senseless murder of a Kansas farming family. As he digs deeper into the horrific story, he is inspired to write what would become his greatest work, In Cold Blood.

Capote befriends the two killers imprisoned on death row, delving into their psyches in an attempt to reason the events leading up to that fateful night. As he grows closer to troubled inmate Perry Smith (Collins Jr), Truman faces a bitter inward struggle between his moral values and his literary ambitions.

Also available to buy as a collectable DVD box set with In Cold Blood, the chilling adaptation of Capote's famous 'non-fiction novel', starring Robert Blake (Coast to Coast, Corky) and Scott Wilson (Junebug, The Last Samurai).